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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Background checks for real estate professionals"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 60 OF 2017, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS BY THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE TIME EFFECTIVE DATE TO JULY 1, 2020, AND TO LIMIT APPLICABILITY OF THIS REVISED TIME EFFECTIVE DATE WITH RESPECT TO LICENSE RENEWALS. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 4246"
citation: "South Carolina H 4246 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sandifer", "Thayer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9094bb48-9194-4ce3-9013-603dfff05744"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4246&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "feadaa181a757651e963b5852675fc2f98e4123225cb67449936f42d6b16df0d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 4246 (2019-2020) — Criminal Background checks for real estate professionals
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 60 OF 2017, RELATING TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS BY THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE TIME EFFECTIVE DATE TO JULY 1, 2020, AND TO LIMIT APPLICABILITY OF THIS REVISED TIME EFFECTIVE DATE WITH RESPECT TO LICENSE RENEWALS. - ratified title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/4246.htm)
2. **1/23/2020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4246_20200123.htm)
3. **3/13/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4246_20190313.htm)
4. **3/26/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4246_20190326.htm)
5. **4/2/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/4246_20190402.htm)
## Votes
- Passage of Bill — **1070** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Sandifer — primary (person)
- Thayer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
- **2019-04-03** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0
- **2020-03-10** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-19** Ratified R 130
- **2020-03-24** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Effective date See Act for Effective Date
- **2020-03-26** Act No. 127
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9094bb48-9194-4ce3-9013-603dfff05744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).